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Wasn't it reported the other day that Barcelona demanded he make an apology before they'd bid. I'd still like to know how he can be transferred as I listened to the ban being read out by FIFA and they said all administrative sides of the game were covered by the ban to.

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http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/30/alexis...rpool-4781562/

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de Jong is out of world cup, massive, massive blow for their chances imo

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I am tiring of his complaining
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/wor...World-Cup.html

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Yes it is getting very tiring.:td:

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I'm not a violent person but I would gladly slap Mascherano, he is a really annoying, niggling, argumentative individual.:rolleyes:

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Now who does he remind of?.

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Iadom is iadom..unique :D

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Well ATM the tennis is better to watch, Nadal on the verge of going out to a 19 year old Aussie.:shocked:

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The Argentina vs Switzerland match must be the worse match of the WC.:td:

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I thought that England v Costa Rica was the main candidate.

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England vs Costa Rica was dire. Argentina vs Switzerland was better plus had that nice little furry at the end.

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You can't beat a little furry end. :D

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Both games were better than Eastenders though

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Bloody autocorrect! flurry. :dunce:

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Local bar here packed with young, old, male, female watching the USA game. It really seems to have taken off this time!

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Nice one Belgium! The last thing we need is for the yanks to win the WC.

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World Cup on TV - Quarter Final games:

July 4th:
-France VS Germany - KO: 5pm - BBC One (Also in HD)
-Brazil VS Colombia - KO: 9pm - ITV, UTV and STV (Also in HD)

July 5th:
-Argentina VS Belgium - KO: 5pm - ITV, UTV and STV (Also in HD)
-Holland VS Costa Rica - KO: 9pm - BBC One (Also in HD)

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Anything is better then that far fetched rubbish.

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he is perfect for liverpool

Liverpool considering a bid for AC Milan forward Mario Balotelli, 23, if striker Luis Suarez joins Barcelona. Daily Express

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I think Rogers would get the best out of him, mad Mario, Sanchez and 25 million is great business for Suarez.

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I don't get the three together, for suarez, they are offered £25m plus sanchez. How did mario get added?

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Because it's fifty million and Sanchez for Suarez reportedly and Mario is around the twenty five million mark.

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No we would rather help Arsenal rather then having another hothead on our hands.:D

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Sanchez and Pedro and a bit of cash would be a nice piece of business for Suarez.

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Hopefully Arsenal will get Sanchez anyway. I don't think Suarez is worth Pedro + Sanchez + money.

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What type of fee are you talking about as Pedro is worth £20 million . Sanchez £30 million and £25 million on top would be around right.

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Well see. I doubt it though. These deals aren't common and you need the players to want to go to Liverpool as well.

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Then if there is no player exchange then a fee of £70-75 million will be reasonable then.

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Reasonable for Liverpool :)

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thank GOD for that finally decent games on the Beeb (okay Dutch games) cant stand the drivel that ITV come with

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Not impressed with Koscielny, not long on but not good

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France have been pretty poor in my book.

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What a terrible game. France looked like they wanted to go home before kick off.

According to Lawrenson every save is an "easy save". Someone please send in the vet with the bolt gun to do the honours.

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Germany always seem to do what has to be done and l wish England could do that..

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France were really poor, nearly as bad as Lawrensons commentating but not quite.

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Yes, he was really annoying me with his comments. Time to sack the lot, bring in new blood. they had the cheek to complain about foreign presenters, not speaking english properly ("like what I do, you know"), yet I'd rather hear them than Lawro :)

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I hope the rumours that United are after Hummels are true, he was brilliant today, MOTM for me.

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Indeed he is a excellent CB and with Vidic and Ferdinand now gone they need someone of his ike to replace one of them.

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Looks like this ref is going to give Brazil some 'leeway' two players less than two yards away when Columbia took that free kick on the edge of the area.:rolleyes:

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This is a big blow for Brazil.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28173132

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not good! :(

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You could call it Karma, given the way that Brazil set out to kick, barge and elbow J Rod every time he got the ball.:rolleyes:

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I feel really sorry for him, but its a little bit of karma for Brazil for trying to kick James Rodriguez off the pitch last night.

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Exactly! lol

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I think good, I don't want brazil to win, I think their football is shocking

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l for one hope the Dutch win the WC but l fear they will not.

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I think they are gonna win the cup Den

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yup. thats one of the reasons i was annoyed with Arsenal!

:clap:

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This is a manic game and they've now changed the goalkeeper for the pens!

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Van Gaal will look like a genius or a complete idiot with that decision.:shocked:

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Hoping for a Costa Rica wim

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Either way I think it's a bluff.

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Krul is being a massive tool here. :mad:

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Don't like the way Krul is getting in the pen takers face .:rolleyes:

Not sure it is a bluff though, Krul was doing some weird warming up just before the end.

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Poor Costa Rica :(

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Not right that from Krul. Shouldn't be allowed to do that sort of thing.

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Would have been good to see him get yellow carded for it.

You do wonder if it was mind games, pretend Krul is a awesome penalty shootout keeper and then let him wind up the strikers. Still it's bad sportsmanship to be doing that in a penalty shootout.

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On the balance of play I think the Dutch deserved to win over the 120 minutes TBH.

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Van Gaal probably going to be lauded as some kind of tactical genius. Not genius enough to win in open play with the squad he has.

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Yes, it is absolutely outrageous. Hoping the Argies annihilate them next, and I won't even care if they have to rely on a handball goal to beat the Dutch.

If this is the sort of tactic we can expect at United next season, then I will be sad to see a good club reduced to out and out bully boy tactics. If it comes down to Mourinho and Van Gaal, I will be supporting Mourinho.

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Oh yeah but still, wanted the underdog to win. Holland should have been ahead before 90 mins even with Costa Rica's performance.

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Somehow don't see De Gea behaving like that do you?

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Hope not. That was a sad day for football tonight, imo. But like I said elsewhere, I see things in black and white. No grey area for me.

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Probably not but I can assure you he's a total bell when off the pitch.

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Well you must be hoping some of that rubs off at MU.:)

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FIFA say they will clamp down on these type of things as usual they do bloody nothing.:(

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Just like a large number of overpaid footballers are. :(

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Is there a viable alternative to penalties? Seems to me in most knockout matches, certainly when it comes to ones between United and Chelsea they play for the penalty lottery. Is there a fair and viable alternative, or are penalties here to stay?

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Personally l hate penalties as many teams just play the full 120 minutes in the hope that they will get through on penalties thus we generally have to suffer 120 minutes of sheer footballing boredom before the total lottery of penalties.

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There used to be a golden goal in extra time but they soon got rid of that.

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:confused: How many penalty shoot outs have thee been between United and Chelsea?

I can't think of many, if any games that teams have set out from the kick off and played 120 minutes deliberately to get to penalties, during extra time yes but not for 120 minutes.

Hard to say what suitable alternatives there are, five a side for extra time would be fun and really put the managers to the test.:)

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When i met him in London he seemed a nice guy ;)

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I didn't see Krul do much wrong last night, there was nothing stopping the Costa Rica keeper doing the same.

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Apart from, class, taste, upbringing , style, sportsmanship, etc, etc.:rolleyes:

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You're playing for a place in a world cup semi-final, i don't see anything wrong with trying to put the opposition off. The Costa Rican keeper was dancing around on the line when the Dutch players were running up, are you not annoyed by that? Saying a few words to the penalty taker is nothing new and theres nothing wrong with it.

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There is plenty wrong with it as l have always believe sportsmanship is the foundation on which the game is built on and without it sadly all we end up with cheats , liars and unsporting like behaviour and that's not good for the image of the game.

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+1

Though I am not surprised some think that isn't wrong. The low moral part of society seems to have dragged more and more into their low standards, almost to make it normal for some.

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Goalies dancing on the line has been going on for a while now, never had a problem with it as they aren't right in the face of an opposing player. But getting in the face and verbally intimidating a player is not on. I said already, but I hope this is not the sort of tactic that Van Gaal will be introducing at United.

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At least he will be a character, how much of one is going to be interesting to watch (Moyes was never one to inspire me, which is probably why I thought he was perfect for Utd :D)

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Haha brilliant! Thanks for accusing me of having no morals, very nice of you!


I've actually watched the shoot-out again to see if i missed something, Tim Krul goes up and talks to two of the Costa Rica penalty takers, the others he is just pacing around the box and goes to the goal line when he is told. This is exactly the same as what the Costa Rica goalkeeper does, he goes up and talks to Van Persie before his and Robben before his penalty. It happens in football, players talk to each other during the game to put each other off, it has nothing to do with morals and its certainly not cheating. You really need to look at other aspects of football if you want to get upset with players not having morals.

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Fascinating that you presume it is about you...says more about your own thinking :D

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Faydhan poised for rise in class.

http://www.attheraces.info/article.a...e&sub=&day=Mon

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I know England played like a set of donkeys Den but are there horses at the world cup too?

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The old lady is getting to him ;)

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Yes l got told off again this morning.:Yikes::bigcry::eeek::bigcry:

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For ?

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Well as you get older my young chap you get more senior moments.:D

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ah got ya... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nndS22Qda0

:D

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Barcelona found it difficult to get him.

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Hummels & Co. must be crapping it over Fred and Jo tonight :rofl:

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Germany VS Holland - WCF.

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l will be rooting for the orange army if this is the final.

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Not England? (Oops I forgot :D).

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think Germany will win the cup

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Couple of question marks over tonight though

1. Will Brazil turn up with knives and broken bottles tonight?

2. Will FIFA instruct the match officials to turn a blind eye?

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now now MB you naughty boy :LOL: we all knew England would be out first round

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Well you can be rest assured about the second one there Peter.

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i think a Germany vs argentina final.

I don't want Brazil, disappointed with their attitude and game.

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2 games away from from £20 or £44, come on Germany.

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Best reason yet :D

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They wont like playing against the menace Bernard.

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What a game up to now!

End to end stuff

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So easy

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+1

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:LOL: